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Berkeley, San Francisco CA, United States (1989 – 1996, 1998 – 2000)
Fifteen was a punk rock band featuring constant bandmember Jeff Ott, with the rest of the line-up changing from album to album. Fifteen was born out of the ashes of Bay area (Berkeley, CA) punk rock icons Crimpshrine back in 1989.
Fifteen released their first record in 1991 on Lookout Records. It was singer/guitarist Jeff Ott’s vision to create music that didn’t just rock, but had something important to say as well. After four records on Lookout, two on Grass Records, three on Sub City Records, and three more on indefinite self-published labels, Fifteen were viewed as the leaders in the political-punk music scene. They tackle such burning issues as homelessness, drug abuse, needle exchange, environmental destruction and the government’s use of counterintelligence measures to violate activist’s civil rights. Fifteen first broke up in 1996 after the self-released “extra medium kickball star.”
They reformed in 1998 and released Hush and Survivor then disbanded 2000 with Jeff Ott stating that the anti-commercial diy ethics of punk rock made it too expensive for him to have a band while raising a family.
The band had a total of fifteen members during its existence: Jeff Ott, Jack Curran, Mikey Mischief, Mark Moreno, Jean Repetto, Lucky Dog, Chris Flanagan, John Ogle, Jessie Wickman, Joe Cable, John Quintos, Scott Pierce, Jim Prior, Lisa D. and Vanessa Bain.
Fifteen released their first record in 1991 on Lookout Records. It was singer/guitarist Jeff Ott’s vision to create music that didn’t just rock, but had something important to say as well. After four records on Lookout, two on Grass Records, three on Sub City Records, and three more on indefinite self-published labels, Fifteen were viewed as the leaders in the political-punk music scene. They tackle such burning issues as homelessness, drug abuse, needle exchange, environmental destruction and the government’s use of counterintelligence measures to violate activist’s civil rights. Fifteen first broke up in 1996 after the self-released “extra medium kickball star.”
They reformed in 1998 and released Hush and Survivor then disbanded 2000 with Jeff Ott stating that the anti-commercial diy ethics of punk rock made it too expensive for him to have a band while raising a family.
The band had a total of fifteen members during its existence: Jeff Ott, Jack Curran, Mikey Mischief, Mark Moreno, Jean Repetto, Lucky Dog, Chris Flanagan, John Ogle, Jessie Wickman, Joe Cable, John Quintos, Scott Pierce, Jim Prior, Lisa D. and Vanessa Bain.
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StabYerDad wrote:
good luck figuring out some of those guitar solos by ear..
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wurdfly wrote:
lol @ needing tabs for fifteen. band r00lz hard though. wish i lived on the west coast for the reunion.
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Thorgrimm6 wrote:
Actually you're the who's stupid if you think something's wrong with picking up simple 3 chord stuff like Fifteen by ear is a mistake. So kindly STFU, you obviously don't know what you're talking about.
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xruffandtuffx wrote:
Thor you're fucking stupid, MOST good guitarists know that playing by ear is a BIG mistake. Go learn to play then you can insult people.
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Thorgrimm6 wrote:
Tabs for Fifteen ? No offense but if you can't get it by ear might as well hang it up.
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tr_lovepunk wrote:
Amazing band
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GentleTime wrote:
Petroleum Distillation 13th greatest summer anthem http://thehammockreview.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/a-modern-gentleman%E2%80%99s-guide-to-13-top-ten-summer-anthems/
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TheSkaFish wrote:
anyone know where i could find guitar tabs of Fifteen or the Broadways? I'm not savvy enough to get it by ear yet but am very interested in learning songs by them
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StabYerDad wrote:
best albums are (for me) (1) Lucky (2) Survivor (3) Buzz (4) Surprise (5) The Choice Of A New Generation (6) Allegra (7) There's No Place Like Home (8) Swain's First Bike Ride.............I enjoy all of them a lot though, with the exception of their first album, Swain's, I don't really like that one all too much, a few songs, but they had a lot of growing to do as a band. I think Lucky is their most solid album by far, and a classic honest punk cd.
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StabYerDad wrote:
one of my favorite punk bands.
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Karysun wrote:
i dont know about song called 'jesus', this is why i`m asking..
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haleakalari wrote:
@karysun: nope. not christians. jeff ott is a self-proclaimed "wiccan" of sorts. they do have a really cool song about jesus though, it's called 'jesus'. but, not christians. honest.
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Karysun wrote:
strange lyrics,are they christians?
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mykeywillyums wrote:
"prostitute" is the most wtf song ever, awesome riffs though!! [2]
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toddriverz wrote:
"prostitute" is the most wtf song ever, awesome riffs though!!
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StabYerDad wrote:
Ok. Not Lucky. But i do really have a craving for Surprise. I used to have it. I miss Nancy's Song...
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StabYerDad wrote:
does anyone have Surprise or Lucky and could share it with me?
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xbFIFTEEN wrote:
i love FIFTEEN
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al3c wrote:
haha what that's weird ↓
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erick105 wrote:
I wish they made more albums!
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lordzyon, jps0729, Alishia-xx and 56 other people added Fifteen to their libraries. 4 hours ago
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NicholasNizib added Fifteen to the lineup of Nostalgia Fest '11 (benefit for the Phoenix & cancer survivor Nicole.... July 2011
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stephkosgard, bieberholicgal, Emmibubble and 28 other people added Fifteen to their libraries. July 2011
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StabYerDad wrote about Fifteen – Lucky in a deleted journal. April 2011
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StabYerDad wrote about Fifteen in a deleted journal. April 2011
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StabYerDad wrote about Fifteen – Lucky in a deleted journal. April 2011
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turboPG, whyisthissohard, davidquattro and 5 other people added Fifteen to their libraries. April 2011
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williamflipper created the wiki page for Survivor. April 2010
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williamflipper created the wiki page for Hush. April 2010
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williamflipper created the wiki page for The Choice of a New Generation. April 2010
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